Entertainment & Events in Kinston, North Carolina

Concerts & Performances

Grainger-Hill Performing Arts Center 252-523-8011
300 Park Avenue
Kinston, NC 28501
Built in 1925, this historic center is one of the last remaining buildings of Greek Classical Revival architecture still standing in North Carolina. A wide variety of local drama productions, public concerts and events, North Carolina symphony concerts, pageants, conferences, and private lectures are held here.

Kinston Drag Strip 252-527-4337
2869 Hull Road
Kinston, NC 28501
Highway 11 South
Originally built as a quarter-mile dragstrip in 1960, this IHRA sanctioned location is home to some of the most legendary names in all of motorsports such as Richard Petty, Don Nicholson, and Hubert Platt and offers exciting racing on Fridays in the Spring and Summer and on Sundays in the Fall. more
Kinston Indians, The 252-527-9111
400 East Grainger Avenue
Kinston, NC 28501
Grainger Stadium
Celebrate the national pastime with this Class A franchise of the Cleveland Indians as they play exciting home games against their Carolina League rivals from April to September. more